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The large-scale development of the moon has completely ignited people's enthusiasm!
For four whole years, there was a major news story about lunar infrastructure almost every month.

From the selection of the second base site, to Huaxia No. 6 Mine and Huatie Resources Group standing out among many companies to be the first to obtain the qualification for lunar mining, to the first mining on the moon, and the completion of the first refining center...

The large-scale lunar exploration program has officially begun.

The lunar rockets and spacecraft were launched once every month and a half, which was previously the case. Now they are launched once every two weeks.

There's no need to question the production cycles of rockets and spacecraft. China's industrial capacity has always been dynamically adjustable.

The slow production in the past was simply due to a lack of financial support.

But now they've really given us enough money!
After the five-year plan for the large-scale development of the moon was proposed, a large amount of funds flowed into the aerospace field, so it became a natural thing to open new factories and production lines.

The technologies are readily available and are constantly being optimized.

The machines used in production are becoming more and more advanced, which greatly improves production efficiency and makes rocket assembly faster and faster.

According to an announcement issued by the newly established China Lunar Planning Bureau.

It is expected that in six months, two lunar spacecraft will be deployed each week to transport cargo and people.

Consequently, traveling to the moon is no longer an option reserved for the world's wealthiest individuals.

The price has dropped to around 30 million for a trip, and with the continuous increase in lunar bases, there are more places to visit.

It also attracts countless wealthy people.

The direct result was that the Beijing Astronaut Scientific Training Center had to acquire another piece of land in the western suburbs.

A new training base has been built specifically for those who go to the moon for work or tourism.

Since its completion, the base has been constantly at full capacity.

Thanks to the spontaneous promotion by a bunch of self-media, the moon has been portrayed as a place where gold is everywhere.

You could become financially independent after working there for a few years. But obviously, not just anyone can go to work on the moon.

First, you must pass a physical examination. Second, you must undergo a period of adaptation training. After passing the training, you will receive a permit that is only valid for two years.

In fact, there is indeed a need for people to work on the moon now.

Although most jobs are done by machines, some basic tasks still require human intervention.

For example, the maintenance, repair, and upkeep of machinery; secondary inspections for various hazards, etc.

The salaries offered are indeed quite high, but for the time being, most of them are internal secondment positions.

In short, news about the moon has been one of the most talked-about topics in China in recent years.

Especially after Wi-Fi was installed on the moon, the staff there started live streaming, posting their daily lives on the moon, attracting countless fans and drawing a lot of attention.

For many people, it truly is a matter of watching the moon change its appearance every single day.

Countless people witnessed together through the video the construction of rows of factories on the desolate moon.

Unlike those on Earth, these factories don't have those tall chimneys.

Instead, there are sealed recycling centers and solidified storage warehouses.

Unlike on Earth, developing industry on the moon has taken recycling and reuse to an extreme level.

According to the news report, the lunar base has achieved a recovery rate of over 95% for water resources, metal materials, and volatile gases.

As for the waste materials that are truly useless, they will be piled up, compressed and solidified, and then launched directly into outer space.

For this purpose, an electromagnetic acceleration system was specially built on the moon.

The moon has a very low escape velocity. Using this electromagnetic acceleration system, the solidified waste is accelerated to approximately 2400 meters per second before being launched into deep space of the solar system along a predetermined trajectory.

This is to prevent these radioactive or highly polluting wastes from damaging the lunar environment.

These waste materials will eventually leave the Earth-Moon system, gradually enter the Sun's orbit, and revolve around the Sun like planets, or fall into the Sun's atmosphere.

Of course, these are things that will happen many years from now.

In short, the lunar exploration plan has caused a great stir and is known to the world.

Everyone's attention is focused on China's progress in developing the moon.

The academic community, on the other hand, is also experiencing a significant boom, with academic papers being published at a rate comparable to the high-speed rail of the new era.

Especially in the field of Geometric algebraic geometry, which is also developing rapidly.

However, Qiao Yu, the one who laid the foundation for all of this, has fallen completely silent.

For four whole years, not a single paper was published. He also rarely participated in any academic activities.

Qiao Yu did not appear at any high-level conferences, forums, or interviews, not even at the annual meeting of the Chinese Mathematical Society.

The only new videos about Qiao Yu online are his annual lectures to students from Yanbei and Huaqing Universities.

In this era, for a renowned mathematician like Qiao Yu, it's as if he has become invisible.

After all, although eleven years had passed since Qiao Yu won the Fields Medal, he was still in the golden peak of his research as a mathematician.

In fact, for a typical mathematician in this era, the age around thirty is when they start to achieve results.

In the past, it would have been good enough if I had been able to learn all the basic theoretical prerequisites.

Some even predict that as mathematics continues to develop in the future, research fields will become increasingly specialized.

Otherwise, mathematics might really stop developing. Because at the current rate of development, it might take a fairly talented person a lifetime just to learn and understand the theory of a major branch.

But a genius like Qiao Yu, who comes along only once in a millennium, is clearly not included in this category.

To be honest, even many mathematicians who disliked Qiao Yu subconsciously hoped that he could produce more results.

After all, the tools provided by Qiao Yu benefit all mathematicians around the world who have embraced these cutting-edge mathematical ideas.

With the popularization and gradual dissemination of Geometric algebraic geometry, breakthroughs have been made in the study of many mathematical problems, including the seven Millennium Problems and the twenty-three problems proposed by David Hilbert.

The number and quality of papers published in the six major top mathematics journals have now reached a new level.

The reason it is called the "Big Six" is that the influence of the two new mathematics journals published by Huaqing and Yanbei has reached the same level as the former "Big Four" mathematics journals, and the difficulty of publication and the quality of papers are even higher than those of the former "Big Four" mathematics journals.

These are all changes brought about by Qiao Yu.

Of course, for ordinary people, probably no one pays attention to these things.

Let alone the extremely abstract algebraic geometry of today, even mathematics in the past was so abstract that people wanted to fall asleep just by looking at it.

However, a blog post suddenly published by Tao Xuanzhi has reminded countless people of this young mathematical genius.

"Qiao Yu, what have you been doing all these years?"

The title of this blog post is obviously very straightforward.

The content is also very straightforward.

The gist of it is that he hasn't heard from Qiao Yu since the last time he wrote to her to discuss turbulence and the Navier-Stokes equations.

Over the past four years, he has worked with a wide range of mathematicians to make many targeted assumptions and proofs following the line of thought proposed by Qiao Yu.

But most of the time I wrote to Qiao Yu, it was like throwing a stone into the sea. Even when I did get a reply, it was always brief and to the point, and the discussion was never in-depth.

In many cases, the replies are completely irrelevant.

As for making a phone call... Tao Xuanzhi is one of the few mathematicians who knows Qiao Yu's private cell phone number.

But the phone call couldn't get through at all.

There has been no response to other online contact methods.

In addition, Qiao Yu has almost disappeared from the mathematics community in recent years, and even missed the last World Congress of Mathematicians.

Therefore, Tao Xuanzhi was very curious about what Qiao Yu was doing.

Unable to contact him privately, this renowned mathematician, who already enjoyed using a blog, simply made a public appeal.

Under normal circumstances, Tao Xuanzhi's blog doesn't attract much attention from ordinary people.

After all, most of the content he posts is too advanced for the average person to understand.

But this blog post went viral!
It immediately became a trending topic on many Chinese platforms.

Renowned Chinese-American mathematician Tao Xuan's Remote Message—What is Qiao Yu Doing?

There's no way around it; both the person making the call and the person being called upon are extremely well-known.

Moreover, the two can truly be seen as the leading geniuses in the field of mathematics who have just passed on their mantle to a generation.

It's important to know that before Qiao Yu's meteoric rise, Tao Xuanzhi was considered for a long time to be the most talented contemporary Chinese mathematician, without exception.

Not to mention that Qiao Yu still holds the position of chief commander of the lunar landing project.

Moreover, Qiao Yu has indeed been rarely seen in recent years.

Just a few years ago, Qiao Yu was a big shot who was frequently mentioned in the news.

They've practically disappeared from the public eye these past few years.

There were many different opinions on the internet.

The most prevalent explanation is that Qiao Yu accepted a secret research mission, which is why he has been unable to contact the outside world for years.

Of course, there were also rebuttals.

After all, in the public's impression, Qiao Yu's work is mostly focused on basic theoretical research.

After all, he is a Fields Medal winner.

As we all know, there is really no need to keep fundamental theoretical research in mathematics secret.

Transforming this content into actual research results is never a matter of a day or two.

The vast majority of applied engineering research is what needs to be kept absolutely confidential.

Just like in this era, whether it's nuclear fission or nuclear fusion, all the theories can actually be found on the internet.

With a basic understanding of mathematics and physics, and knowing how to use the internet, an ordinary person can fully grasp the principles of nuclear explosion and deduce the approximate manufacturing process.

After all, this theoretical knowledge is open source.

But clearly, this is actually useless. Because even understanding these theories doesn't mean you can actually create a nuclear bomb by hand.

Even with a basic understanding of the principles, there are still many detailed engineering issues to resolve.

Material purity and acquisition method;
The internally sophisticated physical design ensures that all components of the electronic and mechanical system operate in precise synchronization within a millionth of a second.

Absolute reliability under extreme conditions such as high temperature, high pressure, and strong impact...

How to solve these problems is what truly needs to be kept confidential.

It is also the culmination of countless people's hard work.

The so-called theoretical breakthrough is actually like drawing a treasure map with its contents pixelated.

This treasure map contains only information about where the destination is, and sometimes even where it might be.
The information certainly doesn't include how many cliffs, swamps, and wild beasts there are along the way, nor does it include specific routes, means of transportation, and supplies along the way.

Therefore, engineering is the real purgatory!
They needed to piece together all the information bit by bit from a blurry blueprint, overcoming each difficulty one by one, before they could finally succeed.

This probably explains why some places have been researching this thing for decades, and have even been treated differently because of their continuous research, but still haven't been able to build it.

That was a project that required the entire nation's resources to overcome.

Therefore, some people have offered a counterargument, arguing that Qiao Yu didn't actually receive any secret mission, but simply ran out of creative ideas, or was indulging in wine, music, and pleasure...

Although this viewpoint is actually quite niche, it has many supporters.

After all, in many people's eyes, given Qiao Yu's current achievements, even if she rests on her laurels and lives a comfortable life, no one can say anything.

It's only human nature...

Young and accomplished, having achieved financial freedom early on, how many people can still stay true to their original aspirations and live the life of an ascetic?

So it's understandable.

To be honest, this argument is actually quite untenable.

After all, there are almost no videos or news circulating online about Qiao Yu enjoying himself.

Other speculations exist as well.

Many of these incidents even sparked heated discussions.

For example, some speculated that Qiao Yu might not be in good health and had been taking care of her health.

Don't ask why Qiao Yu's health is so poor at such a young age. The answer is probably that she was already weak and lacked exercise, coupled with previous overwork...

Some people online even said that Qiao Yu had actually died of illness after her last presentation.

The authorities have simply kept it a secret for fear of having too great an impact...

In short, anything is possible.

Tao Xuanzhi probably never expected that a blog post he published out of desperation would cause such a huge reaction.

This has led to the entire internet asking, "Qiao Yu, where have you been all these years?"

At this moment, Qiao Yu was happily nestled in his office, watching online discussions about what he was doing.

I didn't feel offended too much.

Even when someone analyzed that he might already be dead, it didn't make Qiao Yu frown.

The generation that grew up in the internet age is highly receptive to this view.

After all, when he was young, which of those celebrities with high profiles didn't post on the internet several times a year?

Moreover, the more famous the celebrity, the more frequently they are associated with being photographed...

From this perspective, he was too low-key. He only died once in four years, which is too few!
It doesn't quite match his status.

Then Zheng Xiwen suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, his face full of grief.

"what happened?"

"I just received news that Professor Lotte Dugan has passed away due to illness."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu pursed her lips slightly, her expression solemn. (End of Chapter)